Television Ban Foreshadows Cable Era Wit in Ohio
Earl Wilson reports from Columbus on Ohio lawmakers debating a ban on television in cars to avoid distracting drivers. The piece riffs on celebrities and the coming coaxial cable era, noting Arthur Godfrey’s mention on radio and anticipations of Milton Berle and Jack Benny on TV, while poking fun at political prudence and public appetite for screen entertainment. It also touches on social scenes around Princess Margaret and show business gossip, weaving humor with state capital life.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joe Schwartz
Cincinnati
Joe
Toscanini
Jack Benny
Red Allen
Bob Hope
Red Shelton
Groucho Marx
Milton Berle
Gee
Berle
Arthur Goodfrey
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Jack Bennr
Fred Allen
Arthur Godfrey
Arthur’ Godfrey
Arthur
Jong
Margaret
Agvas
Bine
Orson Welles
France
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iGladye Shelley
iJack Eigen
Jack Eigen
Harold Hroyd
Globe
Marie Me‘Calls
Jimmy Kelley
Who's News
Concord Hotel
Upstate
Martin
Lewis
Danny Kaye
Warners
Don Quixote
Count Basie
Europe
Milton
Eilieen Barton
Boris
Karioff
Cyrano's
McA’s
Brian Donlevy
Durké Elington
Hell
Radioactive Lodine-1381 Cuts Power in Eight Days
A radioactive isotope Lodine-1381 used for thyroid cancer treatment loses half of its radiating power in eight days, impacting its effectiveness and planning for therapy.
Diploma and Haircut Irony Highlight Batavia High News
Batavia High School will award Richard Houseknecht his diploma on stage after he fulfills graduation requirements. His haircut, a single center strip, was time altered and nearly caused private diplomas unless his hair grows out to avoid ridicule. Peter Vadora, 29, was killed when crushed by a cement mixing shovel. Four children and a wife survive him. In Lyon Mountain, thirty percent of workers were laid off at Republic Steel Mines due to reduced orders, per H E Fortier.
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Richard Houseknecht
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Edward L. Osborn
Geneva
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Vadora
Lyon Mountain CP
Republic Steel- L Corporation
H. E. Fortier
Soviets May Spend 20 Percent of Income for Military
A secret analysis prepared here indicates that almost 20 percent of the Soviet Union's total national income in 1949 would go to military expenditures. The Soviet armed forces are placed at about 4,000,000 men, compared with 1,685,000 in the United States. In eastern Pennsylvania miners return to work after a stoppage at Alden Coal Co. operations suspended due to a holiday and low car averages. House Speaker Rayburn predicts a good housing bill vote by week’s end after a White House conference with Truman and Democratic leaders. Mrs William Randolph Hearst Jr gives birth to an 8 pound 6 ounce son. Dover-Foxcroft schools name Salvatore Piccolo supervisor of music. Piccolo plays violin.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Nanticoke
Pennsylvania
Alden Coal, Co
Joan C. Haddock
the” United
Australian Communist Convicted of Sedition in Sydney
Lawrence Louis Sharkey general secretary of the Australian Communist Party was convicted of uttering seditious words in Sydney on March 4. He said that if Soviet forces pursued an aggressor into Australia Australian workers would welcome them, a remark noted alongside similar statements from Communist leaders abroad.
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Australia
Lawrence Louis Sharkey
Australian Communist Party
Sharkey
Notable Obituaries and Deaths Across Several Cities
A list of notable deaths including Robert Kelley 74 veteran Broadway actor Lewiston Maine Dr Charles A Hales 47 economics professor University of Tennessee Knoxville Tenn J H Walker 58 editor publisher Western England London The Reverend Augustus Nelson 85 Lutheran hymn writer Mankato Minn Mrs Adelaide Loomis Parker 64 wife of George Parker ScrippsHoward Alliance Washington Justice John D Wickhem 61 Wisconsin Supreme Court Sincison Wis Alonzo E Wilson 1 author Prohibition party worker Chicago Fred A Andrews 68 poultry fancier London Cin cinnati Dr Samuel Elgart 37 medical research physician Cincinnati Don W Hutchinson 64 sports writer publicist San Francisco.
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Lewiston
Mie
Charles. A. Hales
The
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tenn
Augustus Nelson
Mankato
Minn
Adelaide Loomis Parker
George EB. Parker
Scripps-Howard
Alliance
Washington
John D. Wickhem
Wisconsin State Supreme Court
Sincison
Wis
Alonzo E. Wilson
Prohibition Party
Chicago
Fred. A. Andrews
London
Samuel Elgart
Cincinnat
Don W. Hutchinson
San Francisco
Terrorists flog 3 more victims in Alabama attack
Irene Burton, 38, of Dora, with daughters Billie Faye 28 and Salix 16, was tied and whipped by masked riders on a hillside rural road near Birmingham. Two other men were seized. one crippled man released. Burton links the night riders to the Ku Klux Klan amid ongoing cross burnings in Jefferson and Walker counties.
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Birmingham
Ais
Irene Burton
Dora
Ala
Billie
Faye
Salix
Iside
Burton
Preyr
Walker County
Jefferson
Night Riders
Freight Rate Rise Studied by ICC
The Inter-State Commerce Commission agreed to consider proposed rate increases on small quantity freight in the East. Eastern railroads proposed rises of about 5 percent for short distances and roughly 15 percent for long hauls, but the commission rejected the plans in October for disrupting established carload versus less-than-carload rate relationships. The ICC reopened the case and asked for a revised schedule before setting hearing dates.
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Washington
Inter- State Commerce Commission
LCC
Man Dies in Fall From Video Tower
UTICA—William Harold Roberts, 34, of New Hartford, an Mohawk Valley Construction Co. employee, was killed instantly this morning when he fell 130 feet from a television tower at Smith Hill while three men raised a steel section. He died of a fractured neck. Roberts worked with Robert Seigert of Whitesboro and Joseph Kobec of Utica.
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William Harold Roberts
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Mohawk Valley Construction Co
Smith Hill
North
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Robert Seigert
Whitesboro
Joseph _Kobec
Rescue Bride Recovers After Honeymoon Tragedy at Sea
Nantucket reports a dramatic sea rescue as bride Jean Butcher, 23, recuperates in Boston Children’s Hospital after being saved from a strong ocean tow that claimed her husband Dr. Leland L. Butcher, 35, at the end of their nine day wedding trip. Carl Tiedemann, 30, of Plainfield New Jersey, helped pull both from the water. Mrs Butcher revived but Dr Butcher did not survive despite two and a half hours of emergency efforts.
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Mass
Leland L. Butcher
Lebanon
Children’s Hospital
Boston
Jean
Carl Tiedemann
Plainfield
N. J
One Man's Opinion by Walter Kiernan
Walter Kiernan laments state tax zeal and border checks as states spy on liquor buyers and fingerprint locals while New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts enforce cross border controls. He notes convoluted taxes and smuggling fears echoing colonial protests, urging simpler, united commerce.
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New Hampshire
Boston
Rochester Commencement Grants 1000 Degrees at Eastman Theater
The University of Rochester conferred degrees on more than 1,000 graduates at its 99th annual commencement in Eastman Theater. University President Alan Valentine presented the diplomas, continuing his leave while serving as chief of the Marshall Plan Mission to the Netherlands.
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University of Rochester
Eastman Theater
Alan Valentine
Netherlands
Typhoid Fear Grips Shenandoah Potomac Valleys
Health authorities move into flood stricken Petersburg Moorefield and Bridgewater areas to avert typhoid from contaminated water. Outbreaks traced to flood related contamination have killed at least two and left about a dozen missing. A vaccination program is under way as water is hauled from Keyser and boiled at a central station for safe drinking.
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W. Va
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Potomac River
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Thomas
Keyser
Honeymoon Certificates At Niagara Falls Start Tradition
Four couples received honeymoon certificates as the Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce launched the new tradition yesterday at Niagara Falls. The certificates promise lasting beauty for marriages and feature a blessing phrased to echo the falls.
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Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce
X.Y
Radio Jeckpor
Shanghai Edges Bombing by Nationalist Air Attack
Nationalist fighter planes raided Shanghai for about 20 minutes striking near the Lunghwa airport on the southwest edge. Bombs hit near a cement factory as Communists responded with heavy anti aircraft fire. No injuries or damages were immediately reported as three planes escaped.
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Lunghwa
Lumghwa
Italian Prince Shot in Church in Rome
Prince Alessandro Torlonia aged 22 was shot during Sunday mass at the Church of San Girolamo in Rome. He is reported in grave condition at San Giacomo Hospital. The assailant, Pierino Amori, 43, a former farm worker on Torlonia lands, is in police custody.
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Alessandro Torlonia
Rome
San Giacomo Hospital
Torlonia
San Girolamo
Torfonia
Italy
Pierino Amori
Greeks Turn Tide in Greece Fight Against Communists
Reports from Athens to the State Department indicate a shift in the Greek civil war as Yugoslav and Eastern European factional splits ease pressure on Greece. The rift reportedly weakens guerrilla morale and reduces armed activity, with authorities cautious about who benefits from the division.
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Washington
State Department
Athens
Greece
Aithoust mi
Ex-GI Heads Army Top Secretary Nomination
Gordon Gras, a former infantry private, rises today as the Army's top admin figure. Defense Secretary Johnson administers the oath as the nomination for Secretary of the Army is announced from Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Gordon Gras
Mina
Modest Young
San Red North Caroine Tardevs
Winston-Salem Ornim
Defense
Johnson
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